Echoes of Genius: From the Dawn of Electrical Recording to Hidden Violin Treasures
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
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Eleonora Buratto: Indomita
‘A fitting description of me’ is how Eleonora Buratto describes the title of her debut recital in a booklet note,...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2025
VERDI Simon Boccanegra (original 1857 version. Elder)
All lovers of Verdi will relish this excellent studio recording of the first version of Simon Boccanegra. Commissioned by the...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2025
TIPPETT New Year (Brabbins)
Towards the end of 1984, when Michael Tippett was about to celebrate his 80th birthday, I wrote in an essay...
Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 05/2025
TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin (Altinoglu)
When it comes to farce, fantasy and fairy tale, Laurent Pelly is such a gifted director: his ‘giant haystacks’ L’elisir...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2025
STRAVINSKY Le rossignol (Roth)
The coloratura twittering of ‘Ah, joie, emplis mon coeur’ from Stravinsky’s miniature opera Le rossignol was a highlight of Sabine...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2025
SHOSTAKOVICH Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (Nelsons)
Theodor Adorno once described a true performance as ‘a copy of a non-existent original’. It is tempting to think that...
Reviewed by Aleksander Laskowski in issue: 05/2025
PICCINI Son regina e sono amante (Rosa Feola)
A candidate for the most prolific opera composer of his day – and there was plenty of competition – Niccolò...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2025
OFFENBACH La Vie Parisienne (Dumas)
La vie parisienne is a mischief-making vaudeville commissioned from Offenbach and his two famously freewheeling, free-spirited librettists, Henri Meilhac and...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 05/2025
MOZART Die Zauberflöte (Wahlberg)
With a nod to René Jacobs’s 2009 recording (Harmonia Mundi, A/10), Martin Wåhlberg conceives Mozart’s ‘comedy with machines’ as a...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2025
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen: Uncharted
A countertenor singing Korngold lieder? In theory, no repertoire is off limits to any voice type – as long as...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 05/2025
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Fell Audio debuts with British-made hi-fi duo offering style, substance, and value
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
New box-sets: Beethoven from Barenboim, Arrau and Klemperer, plus Irmgard Seefried Edition
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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